Eye health promotion in Western Pacific island countries

Hobday, Karen; Ramke, Jacqueline; Toit, Rènée du

doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02514.x

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“…The reasons for this difference in the findings was that the eye health campaign materials in the United Kingdom were mainly focused on glaucoma awareness. Similar to other study findings (Muller, Keeffe, and Taylor 2007;Hobday, Ramke, and du Toit 2011), the present study showed a significant increase in the eye examination visits in the intervention group. As reported in previous studies (Dandona et al 2001;Ormsby et al 2012;Gyawali and Sarkar 2014), friends and family members were the main source of awareness of eye conditions.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…(4) Brochure distribution: Brochures were distributed to households and also through health stations containing information on common eye diseases, symptoms and signs, recommendations for seeking eye examinations, and eye care services available in the province. This project's health education intervention approach was similar to those reported by other studies except for use of loudspeaker broadcasting (Baker and Murdoch 2008;Hobday, Ramke, and du Toit 2011).…”

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confidence: 55%

“…Studies have reported that the low service utilisation is mainly linked to low health literacy, poor access to services and the associated costs (Dandona et al 2001;Shrestha et al 2014;Thapa, Berg, and Khanal et al 2011;Huang et al 2013;Livingston, McCarty, and Taylor 1998;Foreman et al 2018;Marmamula et al 2014). Studies have also documented an increase in health awareness and uptake of eye care services in communities after health promotion initiatives (Muller, Keeffe, and Taylor 2007;Baker and Murdoch 2008;Hobday, Ramke, and du Toit 2011;Banzi 2007;Forst, Lacey, and Chen et al 2004).…”

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Effects of a community-based health education intervention on eye health literacy of adults in Vietnam

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International Journal of Health Promotion and Education

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Health education interventions are more commonly evaluated in hospitals or schools but rarely in the community. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a community-based eye health education intervention on the eye health literacy in an adult Vietnamese population. Four hundred households from two districts of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province were selected by multistage systematic random sampling. A pretested questionnaire was administered at baseline and re-administered, after an eye health education intervention in two of the four communes. The other two communes acted as controls. The intervention included eye health education through community presentation, brochures, posters and loudspeaker. Fisher's exact test and logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. A total of 400 adults (mean age: 51.5 ± 14.5 years; range, 30-90 years) participated in the baseline survey and the repeat survey. Participants in the intervention group showed significantly greater awareness and knowledge of red eye preventive measures (Odds ratio range 2.1 to 4.1, p = 0.03 to 0.001) compared to control group. Participants in the intervention group were more than twice as likely to have heard of cataract (OR 2.3, p = 0.008), and more than three times as likely to be aware of cataract surgery (OR 3.1, p = 0.003) and know that the cataract blindness is reversible (OR 3.3, p = 0.002), than the control group. Multiple logistic regression showed that location, education, and eyeglasses ownership were the major factors associated with disease awareness. The eye health education intervention successfully increased awareness and knowledge of red eye and cataract in the intervention community.

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Effects of a community-based health education intervention on eye health literacy of adults in Vietnam

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“…Eye health education has received less attention and funding than disease prevention and treatment initiatives. 1 A Cochrane review 2 and The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health 3 concluded that more codesign studies are required to promote sustainable behavioural changes among communities and children with eye problems. Published examples of health programme co-creation are scarce 4 and none related specifically to eye care.…”

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Co-creating an arts-based eye health education strategy in Zanzibar: process, outcomes and lessons learnt

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IntroductionPublished examples of health programme co-creation are scarce and we found none in the field of eye care. We described the outcomes and lessons learnt from the ZANZIbar Arts for Children’s Eyesight (ZANZI-ACE) eye health programme co-creation process.MethodsWe used a 2.5-day stakeholder workshop (number of participants=34) to develop the ZANZI-ACE intervention, which aimed to use music performances in eye health education to improve child eye health service uptake in Zanzibar. A Zanzibar-wide music competition was then launched to encourage local participation, followed by a judging session to select three pieces as the ZANZI-ACE eye health programme intervention materials.ResultsThe barriers to the improved uptake of child eye health services raised by the participants were mainly cultural and social. Sensitising parents, teachers, children and community members with proper eye health knowledge was the key to addressing these barriers. The goal of sensitisation is to improve children’s vision so that they can achieve their fullest potential. Music and song ranked highest among the proposed art forms, so three music pieces were chosen as the ZANZI-ACE eye health programme intervention materials. A detailed ZANZI-ACE implementation strategy, a theory of change and key performance outcomes indicators were developed.ConclusionThe co-creation process and outcomes of the ZANZI-ACE eye health programme show that engaging a diverse group of stakeholders is critical to developing locally relevant health programmes. The lessons learnt from the process will prove useful to researchers who aspire to design innovative health programmes.

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“…Algumas campanhas voltadas à população idosa e a pacientes diabéticos, conscientizando-os sobre a adoção de hábitos de vida mais saudáveis e a importância de exames regulares, obtiveram bons resultados neste sentido. (46) Entretanto, ações de promoção de saúde ainda são, em geral, menos populares do que aquelas voltadas à prevenção e ao tratamento (47). Muitos avanços foram observados nos últimos 30 anos na prevenção da deficiência visual e cegueira.…”

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Eye health promotion in Western Pacific island countries

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Effects of a community-based health education intervention on eye health literacy of adults in Vietnam

Effects of a community-based health education intervention on eye health literacy of adults in Vietnam

Co-creating an arts-based eye health education strategy in Zanzibar: process, outcomes and lessons learnt

Validação clínica de um retinógrafo portátil conectado a um smartphone na avaliação da cabeça do nervo óptico

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